Besides Luxembourg, the member states with the lowest rates in 2017 were France (7%), Slovakia (8%), Denmark and Hungary (all 9%).

According to Eurostat, female pensioners are more affected: "9.8% of female pensioners are at risk of poverty in Luxembourg," Ana-Maria Marola, Eurostat media support officer confirmed to Luxembourg Times. It is 1.1% higher than the risk faced by male pensioners.

"Across the EU as a whole between 2010 and 2017, the proportion of female pensioners at risk of poverty has been around 2-3% higher than the rate for male pensioners," the European statistics office noticed.

The risk of poverty is the highest in Estonia (+19%), Lithuania (+16%), Bulgaria and Latvia (both +15%). The rate is the lowest in Malta (+5%), Spain (+2%), Italy and Denmark (both +1%).